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Many children turn out for
annual visit with Santa
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Travis and Melissa JVHyjohr., three and five, Heppner Saturday In a fire engine and visited
were two of the many children who got candy children at the Heppner Post Office,
canes as they told Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus their Travis and Melissa's parents are Larry and
Christmas wishes. The Clauses arrived In Kerry Pettyjohn of Heppner.
Cards out to improve record
IlyCRAIU GUTIERREZ
The lone High School bas
ketball season started last
week, November 15, for 20
players. The team practiced
as a whole until Monday, Nov.
29, when the final cut and
separation of varsity and
junior varsity players was
made.
The varsity team consists of
Denny Starr, Tim Patton,
Howard Leavitt, Craig Hams,
Craig Gutierrez, Randy
McCabe, Roger Morter, Mark
meycrs, Darrin Padberg and
Donny Taylor. The varsity
team is coached by Del La Rue
and he had these comments
about the upcoming wawm:
"We have nine returning let
termen this year. Randy
McCabe is the only new mem
ber of the team. Due to this
depth we should do better than
the past year. We are coming
off a 3 - 17 season and are
looking forward to improving
our record statistically. Of
fensively, we plan to do more
running and we plan to play a
more pressured defense than
we did in the past, We are
looking forward to the new
season and to the Improve
ment that's due."
The lone J. V. team Is under
the command of a new coach,
Mr. David Sime. The team has
eight members: Steve Mill
man, Rod Taylor, Eric Poin
eppner
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championship award
Heppner cowboy Earl
Hammond should be all
smiles. He took the champion
shipaward in the saddle bronc
division of the Youth National
Finals Rodeo at Fort Worth,
Texas last weekend.
Hammond reportedly re
ceived a $5,000 scholarship,
$l,200in cash, a $900 solid gold
belt buckle, a trophy saddle
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ter, Brian Douglas, Mike
Douglas, Jeff Ball, Donnie
Doherty- and At oWy "girl
member on tlia team, Paula
Anderson.
Coach Sime is optimistic
about his first year at lone as
a coach and teacher. "I'm
looking forward to the upcom
ing season but I don't know
what to expect because it
being my first year. I would
like to play everybody In
every game because that's
Co. Fair Board members
to attend convention
Morrow County Fair Board
members will be attending the
Oregon Fairs Association
Convention December 5 - 7 at
Ashland, announced a board
spokesperson. Each year the
association meets with 36
counties to report overall suc
cess and improvements of
each county fair In the state.
Each board member will
attend a workshop at
the convention. The work
Certificates to be given
away at Artifactory
Hoppner merchants have a
new treat for people who
attend this Saturday's Arti
factory at the fairgrounds in
Heppner. Mrs. Santa Claus
will be handing out discount
cowboy take8
and other merchandise
awards.
Lee Rice and Tara Maho
ney, also of Heppner, compe
ted in the three-day rodeo.
Rice placed fourth in bare
back riding behind Scott
Wright of Dayville, bareback
riding champion. Mahoney
took either fifth or sixth place
In goat tying.
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what J.V. ball is all about. The
experience you get In the J.V.
will help you In the future,"
he said.
The J.V. team will not be
playing for three weeks but
the varsity opens with the
Morrow County Invitational
Tourney at Riverside High
School In Boardman on De
cember 3 and 4. The first
game is at 7:30 p.m. Friday
against the Riverside Pirates.
shops help board members to
he better informed about
holding a fair and in managing
the fairgrounds throughout
the year., the spokesperson
said.
Morrow County Fair Board
members who are to attend
are Merlyn Robinson, Mr, and
Mrs. Ron Currin, Mr. and
Mrs. Charley Daly, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Richards and Mr.
and Mrs . Steve Estbcrg.
certificates which will be re
deemable at local businesses.
The discount certificates
are part of the Heppner mer
chants Christmas promotion
al activities.
Another Heppner cowboy,
Jeff Bailey, qualified for the
rodeo in the steer wrestling
event, but did not attend.
Hammond, Rice and Bailey
are all 1982 graduates of Hep
pner High School and are
attending Walla Walla Com
munity College. Mahoney is a
senior at Heppner Hgh
School.
Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Heppner
By GLENN SMITH
It's basketball season and
the Heppner High School
basketball team Is ready for
its first game. After four hard
weeks of practice the Mus
tangs are ready to meet their
first challenge this Friday
against the Echo Cougars at
Boardman In the Morrow
County Invitational Tourna
m.ent. (See schedule).
The Mustangs will have a
new varsity coach this year.
Brent Eggers. Eggers has
coached junior varsity before
but this will be his first year as
head coach. Eggers Is looking
forward to their first game to
be one of experience. "We
don't have any starters back
this year and the team we
have is very inexperienced.
We have a lot of work to do
before we look like a solid ball
team."
Echo will not be a piece of
cake for Heppner for their
team has been picked by the
coaches to win the league this
year. The turnout for the t
basketball team was lower
this year from last, so Coach
Eggers is keeping the varsity
team thin, having only ten
players. Those on Varsity this
yt r are: seniors Jeff Orr,
Lexington Lumber new dealer
for Polaris snowmobiles
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features of new Polaris snowmobile to Leland snowmobiles are now in stock for your examina-
Ansotegui, Heppner. tion.
Lexington Lumber is the new dealer for In addition to sales, Lexington Lumber will
Polaris snowmobiles In this area. also service your Polaris. Parts for Snow Cat
An open house to show the machines will be snowmobiles will also be stocked,
held December 10 at the Lumber Yard.
Annual event to take place Saturday
Artifactory getting better &
better each year
The Heppner-Ione Branch of
A.A.U.W. would Jike to re
mind everyone that this year's
Artifactory is the ideal place
to find that unique Christmas
gift for someone special.
The Uth annual craft fair
will be held from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Morrow County
fair pavilion in Heppner this
Saturday, Dec. 4.
Gift choices will range from
jewelry to dough art; baked
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Mustangs ready to
Greg Connor, Marty Britt,
Mike Currin and Tom Huston.
They have all lettered in bas
ketball. Two seniors up from
junior varsity are Shane
Laughlin and Jay Hayes.
Juniors playing will be let
terman Greg Orr and two
juniors from the J.V. team,
Mark Way and Eric Thomp
son. Rod Cole wiD swing be
tween varsity and junior var
Selective Ser.
The latest figures released
from National Headquarters,
Selective Service System indi
cate that overall registration
compliance in Oregon is run
ning at approximately 90
percent. The figures for Mor
row County are as follows:
1960 year of birth 70 percent;
1961. 93 percent; 1962, 100
C.B.E.C. receives over 100 requests
for energy audits
- Columbia Basin Electric Co
op in Heppner has had over 100
' requests for free energy au
dits under their residential
Weatherization Program,
reports Paul Sunner, mem
ber services representative.
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goods, Christmas candy,
handmade aprons, kites,
leather works, stuffed animals
and dolls plus much more.
Santa has been scheduled
for picture taking between 10
a.m. and 12 noon.
The Heppner Garden Club
will be holding their annual
Christmas Greens Workshop
along with an art display by
the Morrow County Arts Asso
ciation In the annex.
Members of A.A.U.W. will
. by the
sity. All are eager for a crack
at Echo.
Saturday the Mustangs will
play again in a four-team
tournament going against the
winner of the Riverside - lone
game if t h ey bea t the Cougars .
If they lose the Echo game
they will play the loser of the
Riverside bout. "It will be a
tough game," Eggers com
mented, "but a game we can
System reports registration compliance
percent; 1963, 100 percent;
and 1964, 82 percent.
Oregon officials feel that
these figures could be in error,
with compliance actually ap
proaching the national aver
age of 95 percent, compliance
figures are based on an "In
dex of Potential Registrants"
computed from 1980 census
The aud its,- which began- ui -
September, are free for elec
trically heated homes.
Sumner reported that about
80 percent of the requested
audits have been completed.
The normal time lapse has
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be selling homemade sand
wiches, pies and drinks. Other
members of the group will be
holding a book nook where
new books for all ages will be
sold.
As a new feature some
sellers will be offering
specials in the afternoon.
"Every year you can count
on the Artifactory to get better
and better," said an A.A.U.W.
spokesperson.
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win if we play well.
"My own immediate goal is
to get to the district tourna
ment. If we get that far, then
well reset our goals, but right
now that's what we are shoot
ing for. The key point in this
upcoming game will be the
players mental attitude, how
weD they respond to coach
ing," Eggers said.
Inexperience was a major
figures, and could easily err
by not allowing for a rise of
fall in the actual birth rate for
each year, the Selective Ser
vice System said.
"We do know that there
are many young men who
should have registered, rat
have not done so for any
number of reasons," says
. Tanning btfveen two to'
three weeks from the time the
request is received until the
audit is performed, he said.
Audits can still be reques
ted, Sumner said, however
priority is given to low income
Santa to phone
local children
As a joint effort, the Hep
pner and lone Lions Clubs will
place mailboxes in Heppner,
Lexington and lone Post Of
fices so that children may
write Santa and request a
telephone call from him. Calls
Umatilla Indians
demonstrate dancing
skills to local" Boy Scouts
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Dancer from Umatilla Indian Tribe demonstrate og-okl
tradition to meeting of area Boy Scout Monday night
The Indians came to Heppner and put on the demonstration
to help people better understand their customs and traditions.
A brge crowd of scouts and parents watched and enjoyed
the show, held at the local Elks lodge.
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Thurs., Nov. 25 22 21
Fri., Nov. 26 28 24
Sat., Nov. 27 50 27
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Mon., Nov. 29 50 41
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factor in the fall sports out
come and Eggers thinks mat
inexperience might be a factor
in basketball team's early
games.
"For s ure we will be a better
team in January than Decem
ber," Eggers said. "We have
to learn so many new things
and to adjust to it, but I think
we have a good bunch of kids
and can go all the way."
Robert B. Ball, Oregon State
director for Selective Service.
"We actively encourage
anyone who needs to register
to go to the nearest post office
nnd do so. Late registration
can stilt be accomplished
without fear of prosecution for
non-registration, he said.
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After an audit is completed,
the co-op, under Bonneville
Power Administration guide
lines, determines what energy
saving measures can be fi
nanced, Sumnrr said.
will be made during the eve
nings of December 13, 14 and
15.
. Children who wish to have
Santa call them should have
their letters in Santa's Mail
boxes by December 10.
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